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From the College Fix comes a recap on the story on the demise of the first Campus Free Speech Bill, noting that legislators were fed misinformation before they voted against it:

Now a cohort of student government members from South Dakota State has alleged that the student testimony was “misleading.” Six South Dakota State student senate members claim the student resolution against the free speech bill was passed hastily, disregarding typical procedures and without sufficient campus input.

“The testimony and the resolution are in many ways misleading, and untrue because nearly no student organizations or students were consulted on this issue,” the senators stated in a letter, a copy of which was posted on the political website South Dakota War College.

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Ryan Sailors, another student senator who signed the letter, echoed similar sentiments.

“I personally would have liked to see the resolution being tabled and give us more time to meet with the student body and get more educated on the legislation,” he told The Fix via email.

In addition to the senators who have spoken out, the editorial board of the campus newspaper, The Collegian, also criticized how the resolution was handled. In an editorial published last week, the newspaper said a vote on the resolution should have been postponed.

Rhinos voting against Republican bills isn’t “mislead.” It is par for the course. We have seen this problem splashed across the headlines all over the country and the Board of Regents lying to the legislature is nothing new, neither is the making excuses for the fake Republicans voting with the Democrats on key Republican issues.

The bureaucrats from the Board of Regents are spending tens of thousands in taxpayer money trying to kill a free speech bill and flying in university presidents in jets and twisting student arms. It’s a wild scene. What are they so afraid of? The legislature may open a civil investigation into what is happening

They are afraid of the state sliding further down the wingnut rabbit hole, because they know that the nuttier this state becomes, the less likely young people are going to want to come here to go to school.

The lawmakers who sunk the bill need to be held accountable. But they won’t be. Conservatism is a nuke wide and an inch deep in South Dakota politics. (And, no, I’m not Stace. Can’t stand that self-serving blowhard.).

I want to thank Kristi Noem for strongly backing this bill and showing leadership. When she’s governor the Regents will have their balls cut off and won’t be running wild in Pierre while the current governor administration pleasures themselves. Just watch how many of the current people in governor administration take jobs from the Regents next year

All donors to SDSU should call Barry Dunn and tell him they will never give another penny until he cleans house and hires some non-liberals to teach over there. When they call me begging for more money they will get an earful